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June 12, 2009 by Matt Placek

Four Chinese Muslims detained at Guantanamo Bay prison were freed Thursday and resettled in Bermuda, sparking complaints...

June 12, 2009 by Matt Placek

It’s a standard Christmas card photo of a husband, wife, and two cute kids.  But, how did the Missouri family's photo...

June 12, 2009 by Matt Placek

Hormone experts said on Wednesday they are becoming worried by a chemical called bisphenol A (BPA), which consumers...

June 12, 2009 by Matt Placek

The first quarter of 2009 wiped out $1.3 trillion of wealth for American consumers. As home values sand and investments withered, the...

June 12, 2009 by Matt Placek

Amanda Knox will testify Friday in an Italian courtroom to defend herself against charges that she took part in the killing of...

June 11, 2009 by Suzanne Conlon

Four weeks ago, the French National Assembly defied the Parliament of the European Union by passing a controversial “three strikes” law with the goal of countering illegal file sharing over the internet. The law was intended to establish a “High Authority for the Broadcast of Content and the Protection of Rights on the Internet,” which would trace internet users who download illegal files and result in...

June 11, 2009 by Suzanne Conlon

A blast at a Slim Jim meat products plant Tuesday blew workers off their feet, ripped the building's roof off and critically burned four people. Two workers were still unaccounted for Tuesday evening. Authorities said they located one person in the building who had been missing...

June 11, 2009 by Suzanne Conlon

For the first time, the U.S. government has initiated a federal trial for a Guantanamo Bay detainee who is not an American citizen. Ahmed Ghailani, a Tanzanian accused of participating in two 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in Africa, pleaded not guilty yesterday at a U.S. District Court hearing in New York City.

June 11, 2009 by Suzanne Conlon

Raising the allowable levels of ethanol in conventional U.S. gasoline would help push up prices for corn and other grains and ultimately meat and dairy, said economists associated with food groups. Prices of crops such as corn and soybeans have been steadily rising...

June 11, 2009 by Suzanne Conlon

Seventeen more bodies and a large tail section from the crash of Air France flight 447 were pulled from the Atlantic Ocean on Tuesday. The first remains were brought to land by helicopter and will be flown to Brazil for identification while the debris will be taken to a warehouse as part of the accident investigation.

June 10, 2009 by Suzanne Conlon

Comptroller of the Currency, John C. Dugan, warns the public of reverse mortgages which have been gaining popularity for many of today’s older homeowners.

June 10, 2009 by Suzanne Conlon

Victims of Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme filed a claim requesting that a federal bankruptcy judge recalculate the amount of money that each investor should recollect from the recovered funds.

June 10, 2009 by Suzanne Conlon

After conducting a nationwide investigation into the company, the EEOC issued a subpoena to Aaron Brothers to retrieve statistical pay data of employees.  The investigation revealed that Aaron Brothers, Inc. has been paying female managers less than male managers.

June 10, 2009 by Suzanne Conlon

In light of the doctor's recent murder, the Tiller family has decided to permanently close his Kansas-based abortion clinic. 

June 10, 2009 by Suzanne Conlon

Heather Snively, an eight-month pregnant Washington County, Oregon resident, was found dead last Friday in a kitchen crawl space in an Oregon home.  Twenty-eight year old Korena Roberts has been charged with Snively's murder.  Per Dr. Christopher Young, Snively was the victim of homicidal violence and died from blunt force trauma and sharp-force injuries.

June 9, 2009 by Matt Placek

Hearings before the National Transportation Safety Board began today for U.S. Airways Flight 1549 that landed in...

June 9, 2009 by Matt Placek

Today,the United States Treasury Department allowed 10 banks to repay money given to them by the federal government’s...

June 8, 2009 by Matt Placek

Early on June 1, Air France flight 447 disappeared over the Atlantic Ocean. The flight was on its way to Paris, France...

June 8, 2009 by Matt Placek

Today the Supreme Court ruled 5 to 4 that elected judges cannot rule in a case that involves a major...

June 8, 2009 by Matt Placek

After several years on the backburner the topic of immigration reform has once again been pushed to the...